From Concept to Care: Designing Efficient, Flexible Care Environments
Poorly planned buildings can cause injuries, inefficiencies, higher costs, and a inferior experience for residents and staff. Strategic early planning and workflow mapping help create facilities that support different mobility levels, equipment, and ergonomic working conditions. This improves efficiency and ensures the environment can adapt as residents’ needs change. Using different tools and practical design guides—helps decision makers understand real space and equipment requirements.
Learning objectives:
- Understand the importance of space, workflow, and early planning in creating safe and adaptable care environments.
- Recognize how resident mobility affects space, equipment needs, and ergonomics and how these may change over time.
- Understand how early collaboration between experts, architects, and care providers, this approach reduces caregiver injuries, avoids costly redesigns, and creates safer, more sustainable care facilities.
4:00 p.m. CEST
Presenters
Chris Shearman
Managing Director - TDC Architects
With over 20 years of experience in healthcare design and having won 3 prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design Awards. Chris’s main experience has been in designing care homes and care villages for the elderly. Chris has gained a knowledge second to none in designing for theelderly care sector.
Ulrika Olsson
VP Global Academy - Arjo
Ulrika Olsson, Vice President of Global Academy and Head of Governmental Affairs, has a clinical background as a physiotherapist and extensive experience in strategy, sales, marketing and training, she leads global education initiatives that support safer, more effective patient care. Ulrika also drives policy engagement globally to help shape a healthcare landscape that fosters innovation and better outcomes.